Debbie Wasserman Schultz: John Boehner ‘utterly irresponsible’

Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Friday slammed House Speaker John Boehner for being “utterly irresponsible” in his approach to resolving the fiscal cliff.

“That’s utterly irresponsible,” Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) said on CNN’s “Starting Point,” when asked to respond to Boehner, who has said that the ball is now in the court of the Democrats, including President Barack Obama. “That is the Speaker throwing up his hands and abdicating responsibility to come to the negotiating table, to sit with President Obama, work out the remaining really short distance they had to go.”

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Wasserman Schultz’s comments came the morning after House Republicans failed to find enough votes to pass Boehner’s “Plan B” legislation designed to avert the fiscal cliff.

“It’s really challenging to understand why, instead of continuing to do the hard work of the last few steps to get to a deal, the speaker instead decided to jam us by putting something on the floor that he couldn’t even get out of his own caucus because they’re so extreme,” Wasserman Schultz said.

She called on Boehner to resume negotiations with the president and Democratic leadership.

“The speaker needs to come back to the table and if the president’s last offer was not enough for him, then, what happens in a negotiation is, he needs to make a counteroffer,” she said.

Wasserman Schultz added that the Democrats are willing to make painful choices and said the Republicans need to “come together” so both parties could reach a deal to prevent the country from going off the cliff.

Bozo Boehner has wasted time on an ill-fated, absurd Plan B bill that he KNEW would go nowhere, and now the Republicans pack up there toys and go home so they can have their Christmas - just like the childish, greedy little brats that they are.

He stuck in there a lot longer than I would have... I wouldn't even had bothered take notice of anything the communists discuss... I mean tax increases? Really? Tax increases for what? We haven't had a budget in 3 going on 4 years as required by law. As far as I'm concerned, we went over the cliff starting in 2007 when the commies took control of the purse and it's been a free fall ever since. I say we just simply step aside as they bounce and careen off the cliff projections on the way to the bottom, let the cliff dwellers have their disaster fully and completely. We will remain to reclaim!

We'll go over the cliff, taxes will rise for every bracket and Obama will swoop in offering tax cuts for "the workers" so he'll be hailed as a hero by the uninformed for something that he is intentionally creating. Watch for it and take off your blinders lefties. Realize that Obama is more than willing to cause stress on citizens only in order to further his agenda.

It must be nice to be a completely dumb demo-crat to blindly follow this guy who is going to ruin this country . For all of you brain challenged demo-crats obozo is following the Reagan plan that destroyed the Sovet Union financially by making them spend money they did not have in an arms race with the US. Their government collapsed and their "country" disappeared. obozo is leading the demo-crats with the Pied Piper song of "its free if you vote for me!" You will never have to work again as I, obozo, will steal the money from rich Ameicans and middle class Americans who earned it legitimately and give to you for voting for me. His plan is working splendidly. Just think. A lone extreme radical is close to doing what the military powers of the world could not do; destroy America as a land of individual freedom and he has the full support of 51% of Americans (????) in the destruction. His brillance is astounding because with a mixture of racism, lies, and "free money" promise he will suceed and his "Dreams of his Father." will be fulfilled. Way to go demo-crats.

Your request and plea sound too reasonable, Rep. Wasserman. That Speaker Boehner do his job? That he do his patriotic duty? Doing the jobs they were voted in to do and doing their patriotic duty to come together to resolve a (self-created) crisis to keep real damage from being done to our country are two things that no longer interests the new radicalized Republicans.

The very word 'congress' etymologically means literally "to walk together," suggesting both parties must unite and walk and work together to protect and enhance our country's well-being in order to be true congressmen and congresswomen.